Flamingos have been famous for their striking pink feathers long before Barbie made it fashionable, but what exactly makes them that color and why do flamingos in captivity sometimes look different to ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that look like ...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Some South Florida lawmakers are seeing pink. From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery ...

DESCRIPTION: The Andean flamingo is both the most rare and tallest of all six species of flamingo. It has a traditional pink coloration throughout its body, with a pale yellow face and black tail ...

Young flamingos have grey or white feathers and develop their pinkish hue after a diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae ...